éwé

See also: ewe, Ewe, EWE, and -ewe

Betawi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sundanese éwé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ewe/, [eˈwe]
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: éwé

Verb

éwé (active ngéwé, passive diéwé)

1. to fuck; to have sex

French

Alternative forms

• ewe, évé, eve
• eʋe (rare)
• evhé, éoué, éhoué (dated)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.we/

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Noun

éwé m (uncountable)

1. the Ewe language

Old Sundanese

Alternative forms

• ᮆᮝᮦ (Sundanese script)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wai, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi.

Noun

éwé

1. wife
   • c. 16th century, Carita Parahiyangan:

     Dianak ku waya, ja éwé ogé hanteu.

     How can I have a son, for I have not a wife?

   • c. 1518, Sanghyang Siksakandang Karesian:

     […] Anak bakti di bapa, éwé bakti di laki. hulun bakti di pacandaan, sisya bakti di guru, wang tani bakti di wado […]

     Children submit to their fathers; wives submit to their husbands; servants submit to their masters; students submit to their teachers; farmers submit to their wado […]

2. (by extension) female person, woman, girl

   Synonym: éstri

Descendants

• > Sundanese: awéwé (“woman, girl”) (inherited)
• > Sundanese: éwé (“to fuck, to have sex”) (inherited)
  • → Betawi: éwé (“to fuck, to have sex”)
  • → Indonesian: ewe (“to fuck, to have sex”)

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Sundanese éwé.

Noun

éwé (Sundanese script ᮆᮝᮦ)

1. (dialectal) wife
2. (dialectal, by extension) female person, woman, girl

Verb

éwé (Sundanese script ᮆᮝᮦ, active ngéwé, passive diéwé)

1. (rare, dialectal) to marry a woman

   Coordinate terms: lakian, kawin

2. (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex

Usage notes

• Some dialects of Sundanese (notably Banten Sundanese) still retain the definition of the word as "wife" or, to an extent, "female" or "girl". However, in most cases, the word has undergone a shift in meaning into a vulgarised definition meaning "to fuck" or "to have sex".

Descendants

• → Betawi: éwé ("to fuck, to have sex")
• → Indonesian: ewe ("to fuck, to have sex")